Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/surka

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tungusic

Etymology

Has been compared to Mongolian соёо (sojoo, “tusk”) by Benzing.

Noun

*surka

canine tooth, eyetooth

Declension

Declension of *surka

	Singular
Nominative	*surka
Accusative	*surkaba
Genitive	*surkaŋī
Dative	*surkadua
Locative	*surkalā
Ablative	*surkadiki
Prolative	*surkali
Elative	*surkagiʒi
Instrumental	*surkaʒi
Delative	*surkalāki
Directive	*surkatiki
Comitative	*surkagili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- >? Manchu: ᠰᡠᠴᡠᠨ
  ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡝ (sucun weihe, “front teeth”)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: хурка (hurka)
  - Evenki: сурка (surka), хурка (hurka)
  - Negidal: сойка (sojka), сотка (sotka)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: сука (suka)
    - Udihe: сука (suka)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: сойка (sojka)
    - Orok: сутта (sutta), суча (suča)
    - Ulch: суча (suča)

References

Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 48
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 130
Doerfer, Gerhard, Knüppel, Michael (2004) Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 752